Environmental dynamics and metabolism

新陈代谢是细胞和有机体为了维持生命而处理化学物质的过程。线粒体是动物细胞能量需求过程的中心。这项研究将在线粒体水平上整合动物外部大范围环境因素对内部过程的影响。反过来，小规模代谢水平的反应可能会限制整个动物对挑战的反应及其生存和适应的能力。我们将在我们目前面临的一系列问题上获得新的见解，包括动物对环境应激源的敏感性，以及饮食如何影响个体的新陈代谢、生长和发育。

Metabolism is the processing of chemicals by cells and organisms to maintain life. Mitochondria are central to the energy requiring processes of animal cells. This research will integrate how large scale environmental factors outside an animal impact processes on the inside at the mitochondrial level. In turn responses at the small scale metabolic level may limit the whole animal responses to challenge and their ability to survive and adapt. New insight will be gained on a broad range of issues we are currently facing, including the susceptibility of animals to environmental stressors and how diet influences an individuals metabolism, growth and development.